About Transnatural
Transnatural Arts, Research & {future} Design is where art & design meets and intertwines with technological & scientific innovation. In the Transnatural culture technology plays by the dynamic rules of nature without damaging the planet.
We share knowledge and encourage dialogue amongst creators and the public through (guerrilla) events and the Academy. The program transcends the traditional boundaries between nature and technology with a combination of art, (speculative, future) design, and emerging technology. Exciting work out of artist studios, design studios, labs and companies become visible in the Transnatural Workspace and the public space in the city of Amsterdam.
The Academy organizes related workshops and readings with recent technical development, research and design methods for professionals. The inspiration days offer groundbreaking thought, new insights for individuals and groups with no prior knowledge. A cutting-edge Art & Design collection and its artists are represented through the Label.
Transnatural Team
Managing director: Arjen Bangma
is the director and producer of Beyond Expression and initiator of Transnatural. Arjen has a Communications graduate with a specialization in Media and Culture. In 2003 Arjen founded the production house Beyond Expression and has since initiated and produced various cultural projects including Cinekid festival Media Lab, Versch festival, PicNic at Night and Transnatural festival. Arjen is the business, artistic and production motor behind Beyond Expression and the organization Transnatural Arts, Research & {future} Design.
Coordinator Academy, Producer: Lucy van Kleef
a Cultural Studies graduate who has been active within the cultural field for some years acting as a co-producer, communications assistant and programme designer. Lucy has worked for The Foundation for International Cultural Activities and Sotheby’s. She currently works as a freelancer for Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival and as a producer for Transnatural.
Programme Designer: Klaas Kuitenbrouwer
is a media researcher, publicist and organizer. Klaas programmes cutting edge conference programmes, courses and workshops for professionals in divergent fields of media, technology and culture. Specialism: interdisciplinary knowledge areas, hybrid development, convergence culture and transmedia developments, game theory, participatory culture and the practice of art. Klaas works for the Virtual Platform as programme-designer and lectures at the Rietveld Academy.
Programme Designer: Arne Hendriks
is curator, researcher and artist operating in the fields of art, design and new media. Previously curator at Mediamatic and creative producer for Platform21 from 2008 to 2010, he conceived and organised projects including ‘hacking IKEA’, ‘Repairing’ and ‘Cooking & Constructing’. Arne is a lecturer at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK) and develops and programmes in collaboration with the Waag society PhDo, a platform for research in the creative sector. Following his participation as artist/researcher at TN02 Arne is now a member of the curatorial team.
Advisor: Hicham Khalidi
is one of the two initiators of Transnatural festival founded in 2009. Hicham is an artistic entrepreneur and a independent curator of contemporary art and music. He was the director of TAG, institute for audiovisual art in The Hague. He is a member of the boards of V2_, De Zaak NU and The Naked.